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The financial impact of the tsunami varied by country. Fishing and tourist industries were the hardest hit. Smaller countries like the Maldives and Sri Lanka, in particular, were dependent on tourist revenues. The tsunami destroyed many resorts, as well as infrastructure like roads and railways. Overall, however, the macroeconomic effect of the tsunami was . Tourism has rebounded in many of the affected areas, with well-intentioned foreigners eager to support affected countries.

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Sri Lanka was battered many a time in the past by Mother Nature

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Cricket played a crucial role during the dark days of Sri Lanka’s civil war, a period of enormous suffering for all communities, but the conduct and performance of the team will have even greater importance as we enter a crucial period of reconciliation and recovery, an exciting period where all Sri Lankans aspire to peace and unity. It is also an exciting period for cricket where the re-integration of isolated communities in the north and east opens up new talent pools.

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There has also been misuse of relief and reconstruction funds, as corruption and internal conflict took its toll. In Sri Lanka, donations were into funding the conflict between the government and the Tamil Tigers, a violent separatist group, which was only resolved in May of 2009. There have also been accusations of country’s tourist boards in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, trying to court tourists instead of helping coastal communities rebuild.

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People living in coastal regions, towns and villages have no time to escape. The violent force of the tsunami results in instant death, most commonly by drowning. Buildings collapsing, electrocution, and explosions from gas, damaged tanks and floating debris are another cause of death. The tsunami of December 2004 that struck South East Asia and East Africa killed over 31,000 people in Sri Lanka only, leaving 23,000 injured.

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The war is now over. Sri Lanka looks towards a new future of peace and prosperity. I am eternally grateful for this. It means that my children will grow up without war and violence being a daily part of our lives. They will learn of its horrors not first-hand but perhaps in history class or through conversations for it is important that they understand and appreciate the great and terrible price our country and our people paid for the freedom and security they now enjoy.

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This has proven to be the case once more in the aftermath of the massive tsunami disaster suffered by the Sri Lankan Tamils in the north and east of the country.

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Personally, the win was very important for me. Until that time I was playing cricket with no real passion or ambition. I never thought or dreamed of playing for my country. This changed when I watched Sri Lanka play Kenya at Asgiriya. It was my final year in school and the first seed of my vision to play for my country was planted in my brain and heart when I witnessed Sanath, Gurasinghe and Aravinda produce a devastating display of batting. That seed of ambition spurted into life when, a couple of weeks later I watched on television that glorious final in Lahore. Everyone in Sri Lanka remembers where they were during that final.

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This came on Boxing Day at the MCG in 1995. Few realised it at the time, but the no balling of Murali for alleged chucking had far-reaching consequences. The issue raised the ire of the entire Sri Lankan nation. Murali was no longer alone. His pain, embarrassment and anger were shared by all. No matter what critics say, the manner in which Arjuna and team stood behind Murali made an entire nation proud. In that moment Sri Lanka adopted the cricketers simply as “our boys” or “Ape Kollo”.